Jetrei_Benito_How to Use Stata

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By Jet Benito





A Statistical Analysis software designed for

researchers of different fields



• Econometrics,

• Social Sciences, and

• Biostatistics and Medicine





A software for conducting Statistical Analysis,

ideally on Panel Data





Contains the

Point and ClickCommands of Stata



Displays Outputsand Errors



Commands andCodes are typedhere



Records of previouscommands arelogged here



Shows the variablesin the dataset



Shows theproperties of aselected variable





In the menu bar,

Select “Data”



Select

“Data Editor”



And Select

“Data Editor (Edit)”



Alternatively,

Press this Button



• Manually Input, or

• Import a dataset



Manual Inputting will not be covered



To import a dataset from an external source

(i.e.: Excel),



Copy the Dataset



In the Data Editor,

select the upper- most

left cell



Press “Edit”



Press Paste



A window with concerns about the first row will open



Press this if itcontains thenames of thevariables



Press this if it ispart of the

dataset



In this example,it contains the

variable names



In the menu bar,Select “File”



Select “Import”



Select “Excel spreadsheet”



Press “Browse” andselect your file



Select the worksheetwhere the data is found



Select the range of thedata to be imported



Enable this if the first rowcontains variable names



Be sure to check

if the dataset isread correctly



Press “OK” whenthe data is readyto be imported





Press “File”



Press “Save As…”



Press this button





Press “File”



Press “Open”



Press this button





Press “Data”

Using the menu



Select

“Data Utilities”



Select

“Label Utilities”



Select

“Label Variable”



Select theVariable



Input the Label



Press “OK”



Using the Properties Window

Select the

variable



Input the labelhere



• For Categorical Variables

(i.e.: True or False)



The Variable ALI_1 has two values:

1 or 0



Press “Data”



Select

“Variables Manager”



Select theVariable



Press“Manage…”



Press

“Create Label”



Input the Value



Assign a Labelfor the value



Press “Add”



The New Label willbe registered here



Rinse and Repeatfor all the Values



Assign a name tothe Value Label



Press “OK”

when done



Returning to thevariables manager,press the down arrow



Select theNewly CreatedValue Label



Press “Apply”



The Value Labelwill be assigned

to the variable





Generate Summary Statistics

(i.e.: Mean, Standard Deviation, Range)



Create Frequency Tables (especially for Categorical

Variables)



Press “Statistics”



Select “Summaries,tables, and test”



Select “Summary anddescriptive statistics”



Select

“Summary statistics”



Enter theVariables here



Choose “Standard display”for summary statistics



Press “OK”



The Table will be displayedin the Results Window



Press “Statistics”



Select “Summaries,tables, and test”



Select “Frequency tables”



Select

“Multiple one- way tables”



Enter theVariables here



Press “OK”









Select “Graphics”



Choose the kind of

graph that will suityour needs



Select

“Twoway graph”



Press “Create…”



Select “Line”



Select your variable



Select yourtime variable



Press “Accept”



Press “OK”



A new window will opento generate the graph



To edit the graph,Press this button



Double- click any partof the graph to edit it



To save your graph,press “File”



Select “Save As”



Press this to opena list of formats



And choose yourdesired format



Press this button tostop editing mode



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